This is so cool!

http://edition.cnn.com/20...index.html

BEIJING, China (AP) -- The long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday.

The dolphins got sick after nibbling on plastic from the edge of their pool at an aquarium in Liaoning province.

Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because the dolphins' stomachs contracted in response to the instruments, the China Daily newspaper reported.

Veterinarians then decided to ask for help from Bao Xishun, a 7-feet-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia with 41.7-inch arms, state media said.

Bao, 54, was confirmed last year by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man.

Chen Lujun, the manager of the Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium, told The Associated Press that the shape of the dolphins' stomachs made it difficult to push an instrument very far in without hurting the animals.

People with shorter arms could not reach the plastic, he said.

"When we failed to get the objects out we sought the help of Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia and he did it successfully yesterday," Chen said. "The two dolphins are in very good condition now."

Photographs showed the jaws of one of the dolphins being held back by towels so Bao could reach inside the animal without being bitten.

"Some very small plastic pieces are still left in the dolphins' stomachs," Zhu Xiaoling, a local doctor, told Xinhua. "However the dolphins will be able to digest these and are expected to recover soon."

eeeeewwwww


but good for the dolphin.


but eeeeewwwww

He is a modern day superhero.

ChrisEvans said:

That's the coolest headline I've read in a long time. What a wonderfully strange world we live in, eh?

It's a very touching story too. I always love it when humans go to great lengths to help animals. I just wish we did it more often.

Yeah, I can't believe they even went to the trouble to go get the guy from inner Mongolia to help. Very cool that they did though.

that's awesome!

but ewww

Sexy.

he must be a nice person
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CarrieMpls said:

Co-WHat Carrie said!

Remarkable story!

Cool, but 7'9"? What's the world coming to? That's a girl's height. There are guys in the NBA almost that tall.

In my day you needed to be at least 8' to be in Guinness!

cborgman said:

At least he didn't have to pull it out of their blow-holes.

NDRU said:

my giant was 8'3"



but for the dolphins!

CarrieMpls said:

i know, right???!! i watched this on cnn hong kong desk in the middle of the night, half asleep, and was thinking out loud EEEEEWWWWW!yet somehow i fell back asleep satisfactorily knowing the fishies were okay....but still....


eeeeewwwww

emm said:

seriously there was a Chinese woman taller than that I thought! The tallest guy ever was 8'11"!